Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who comes or goes in these rooms is my business , not yours ! ’ |
| 2 | Distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation , should all be given their ordinary meanings . |
| 3 | " A person is guilty of an offence it he ( a ) uses towards another person , threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign … which is threatening , abusive or insulting … with intent to cause another to believe that immediate violence will be used … or to provoke ( such ) violence . |
| 4 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 5 | It is not an abuse to process to assert private law rights by a private action even if the action raises or turns on public law issues . |
| 6 | In this sense the neutralisation of a distinct country or region would be intended to lead to its withdrawal from the contest of interests between the Great Powers , at least in the military sphere , and would require assurances or guarantees from these powers to this effect . |
| 7 | These were highly prized and burnt only by the priests or priestesses during magical rites , worship of the gods or for healing purposes . |
| 8 | These fabrics come in various gauges , referred to by the number of holes or threads to 2.5 cm ( 1 ″ ) . |
| 9 | Other motivations may pull out of line this relationship between assuming and asking ; but at its purest , faith is strong or weak , advances or retreats in direct proportion to what it assumes . |
| 10 | The country was divided into shires , themselves composed of units known as hundreds ( or wapentakes in some areas ) . |
| 11 | I mean , everybody round here just stands or sits on those bar stools . |
| 12 | I want at the end erm , Chairman to give you my views of what is meant by er , an integrated and balanced community because I think that 's that 's quite important , but before I do that , I 'd like to mop up one or two er points right at the end in response to some of the contributions that have been made , and I 'll deal with them , Wincup , Curtis , Brook , er and Thomas , if that 's acceptable er to you , and really as far as Mr Wincup is concerned , he 's quite properly raised the issue of procedural issues about how the Greater York authorities is going to address moving towards er an agreed location , and quite clearly I 've got to reaffirm again that the County Council will want to look at both the greenbelt local plan report and your panel report before er it moves erm er forward or looks at any conclusions it may be moving to in the light of those er in the light of those reports , and quite clearly , as we all know , there are a number of options . |
| 13 | Poverty huddles in corners or squats by pitiful displays of chocolates long past their sellby date . |
| 14 | On top of some were displayed heavy glass bottles of fizzy pop , or coloured postcards , or jig-saws or ragdolls with floppy arms . |
| 15 | Are the CML and the SML substitutes or complements to each other ? |
| 16 | The clay mineral assemblage predominantly constitute illite and chlorite ; smectite is absent or occurs in minor quantities as interlayers . |
| 17 | They huddle sensibly together in heaps of dirty wool while the pitiless wind shifts and howls between the shivering trees or flaps with daemonic aggression at the corrugated sheets of the sheds , outhouses and garages along the village road . |
| 18 | Supervision is by a social worker , who can make certain requirements such as that the supervised person resides in a specified place or participates in specified activities . |
| 19 | Anyone who organizes or participates in these festivals is a traitor to Islam and the Iranian nation , " he declared . |
| 20 | The need to emphasise here the " pluralistic " sense of " relational " arises because not everything that is usually classified under the heading of " relations " involves a pluralist commitment , or allows of pluralist inferences . |
| 21 | If any members or students have any thoughts or concerns on this matter , please let me have these , so that I can voice the thoughts of the B.I.E. at future meetings of this committee . |
| 22 | The Oxford Dictionary says that the ‘ manager regulates or is in charge ; or succeeds with limited resources or means ’ . |
| 23 | The structure of the index items was described in terms of the type of search facility required to support the work of branch and other clerks , for example , on the basis of title , keywords , or links to geographic map references . |
| 24 | Of the other dimensions , purity , in Bentham 's special sense , means the chance of a pleasure not leading to pains , or a pain not leading to pleasures , while the fecundity is the extent to which a pleasure breeds or leads to other pleasures or a pain to other pains . |
| 25 | More often diagnosis reveals untreatable disease or leads to misplaced attempts at therapy . |
| 26 | He was already a canon of Notre-Dame-de-Paris , and was to be given the first vacant prebend at Bordeaux or Bourges by papal provision . |
| 27 | Whether one agrees or disagrees with this contention is immaterial . |
| 28 | The USA would vote against any proposed aid or credits from international institutions to which it was a contributor to the states on the list ( Cuba , Iran , Iraq , North Korea , Libya and Syria ) . |
| 29 | ‘ A high exchange rate and the monetary policy which underpins it is just as tough an instrument as domestic credit controls , tax increases or cuts in public expenditure . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ A high exchange rate and the monetary policy which underpins it is just as tough an instrument as domestic credit controls , tax increases or cuts in public expenditure . ’ |